The Toops store in Napier. Photo / Paul Taylor
A decision on the proposed closure of Hawke's Bay's only Toops store will be made tomorrow, brand owner Foodstuffs says.
The Napier Toops store is one of five cash-and-carry outlets servicing the grocery and hospitality trade across the North Island whose future has been under review by supermarket giant Foodstuffs.
The proposal to close the Napier outlet, which employs about 20 staff, has been met with anger from its trade customers.
But the company has said the size and location of the Onekawa store is not suitable for the large-format type of operation that is "the next step in our evolution".
As a result of the review, the company said last week it had entered into consultation with 128 Toops and Gilmours staff in its Napier, Rotorua, New Plymouth, Panmure and Henderson stores.